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Garen

FighterTank
Garen is a fighterRolefighter
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeMid-Game
Perseverance abilityp
Decisive Strike abilityq
Courage abilityw
Judgment abilitye
Demacian Justice abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Garen Build

based on 197,849 matches
Win Rate
51.8 %
Pick Rate
12.8 %
Ban Rate
7.6 %

How We Come Up with Our Garen Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Garen build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Garen builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Garen core items and runes for any situation.

Garen Build Summary

Garen is a pretty good top lane champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Sorcery Resolve. Incorporating the highlighted runes shown below in your Garen build will provide you the bonus stats to help him play well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. You should focus on leveling up his e ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Garen

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Shield

Early Items

~5 Mins
Berserker's GreavesIronspike Whip

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
StridebreakerSpear Of ShojinDead Man's PlateBerserker's Greaves

Optional Items

Rapid FirecannonPhantom DancerGuardian AngelSterak's Gage

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Garen to level upe
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Second ability for Garen to level upq
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Last skill for Garen to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningUnflinching
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Garen's passive ability p
Garen's q ability q
Garen's w ability w
Garen's e ability e
Garen's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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E
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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Q
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Garen Matchups Overview

Garen is Weak Against

TryndamereTryndamere46.5% winrateKayleKayle47% winrateQuinnQuinn48.1% winrateCamilleCamille48.4% winrate

Garen is Strong Against

K'SanteK'Sante59% winrateGragasGragas58% winrateJaxJax56.7% winrateYoneYone55.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Xerathmiddle+ 54.4% 4181 GamesHeimerdingersupport+ 55.1% 1691 GamesMaokaijungle+ 55.6% 1663 GamesZiggsbottom+ 55.7% 2024 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Garen Players

Tips and Tricks

Garen's regeneration from Perseverance is enhanced when he isn't hit for a few seconds.

Use Judgement mainly when there is 1 enemy champion around, it will deal maximum damage when hitting a single target.

Garen FAQs

Q: What lane does Garen play?

A: In conventional League play, Garen is most often played in the top lane. With his passive heal, Garen can take on other roles, but he's most commonly played as a Top champion.

Q: How can I carry as Garen?

A: You can build Garen either as a bruiser/tank or as a high damage dealer with lots of critical hit chance. The best Garen build in LoL depends on what enemies you are facing. If you face lots of CC or already have lots of damage dealers on your team, it's best to build Garen more as a tank. If, however, you don't have much damage dealing potential or don't face heavy crowd control, you may be able to build him primarily as a damage dealer who is only augmented with increased tank.

Additional Garen Build Insights

League of Legends Garen players will find him to be a difficult character to build out properly. You'll notice that his build varies when he is playing against either diversified or specialized team comps, showing you shouldn't follow the same Garen build every game of League of Legends

The most critical items to include in your champ's build include: Stridebreaker, Spear Of Shojin, and Dead Man's Plate. Players who added these items in their gear had a greater winrate than those who tried for other item builds for Garen. Likewise, if you are facing a varied enemy team composition, you should really consider grabbing Garen the Sorcery, and Resolve runes. In recent matches, he won the greatest fraction of his rounds when equipped with these runes.

We calculated our Garen build recommendations by analyzing 197,849 recently ranked LoL games with him selected. We only recommend the highest winrate Garen builds that were built by ranked League players enough times for us to suggest them. With so many rounds in our data, we are quite confident in our suggested builds.